Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Inches Toward 5-Year High
The Rasmussen Reports Economic Index climbed to 143.4 in May, up three points from last month and the highest finding this year.
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May 17, 2019
May 17, 2019
Who Wants This War with Iran? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Speaking on state TV of the prospect of a war in the Gulf, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei seemed to dismiss the idea.
"There won't be any war. ... We don't seek a war, and (the Americans) don't either. They know it's not in their interests."
May 17, 2019
Will 'Whiteshift' Save America From Ethnic Strife? By Michael Barone
If you've been paying any attention at all to journalism in recent years -- maybe not a good idea, but if you have -- you surely have noticed those stories predicting, often with a certain relish, that the United States is about to become a majority-minority country.
May 16, 2019
Americans Are More Comfortable with Existing Infrastructure
Repairing America’s infrastructure may be the only thing President Trump and congressional Democrats can agree on, but Americans aren’t nearly as worried about the country’s roads and bridges these days. They’re still not overly enthusiastic about paying for any repairs anyway.
May 16, 2019
Most Oppose ‘Sex Strike’ Over Abortion Laws, But 25% Undecided
A prominent actress is urging women not to have sex with men until new laws regulating abortion are repealed, but not surprisingly the idea of a so-called “sex strike” isn’t a popular one. There are a lot of undecideds, though.
May 16, 2019
Biden’s Support Among Democrats May Be Exaggerated By Doug Johnson Hatlem
A strong plurality of voters, 8% to12% more than prefer former Vice President Joe Biden first, are undecided ahead of the 2020 Democratic primary, according to a YouGov Blue poll fielded and released after Biden’s entry into the race.
May 15, 2019
Many Fear Personal Fallout from U.S.-China Trade Spat
As President Trump continues fighting China over its unfair trade practices, Americans remain worried, and a sizable number fear that it will impact them personally.
May 15, 2019
Harvard's Insatiable Identity-Politics Cannibals By Michelle Malkin
I have no love for left-wing, Hillary-promoting Hollywood producer and accused #MeToo villain Harvey Weinstein. Nor am I a fan of those who perpetrated the cop-bashing "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" fiction involving social justice martyr Michael Brown. But I do strongly believe that a grave injustice has been committed by Harvard's witch-hunt mobsters against a law professor who joined Weinstein's legal team and had represented Brown's family in a civil suit against Ferguson, Missouri.
May 15, 2019
Sex 'Trafficking' Panic By John Stossel
When police charged New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft with soliciting prostitution, the press said the police rescued sex slaves.
May 14, 2019
Democrats Far More Likely Than Others to See Economic Trouble Ahead
Democrats running for the White House face a big obstacle in President Trump’s booming economy, but most adults in their party are banking on an economic downturn by next year.
May 14, 2019
Most Say Trump, Congress Need to Work Together
Voters are more critical of the job Congress is doing, and most continue to believe the legislators should work more with President Trump. They also still think the president, not Democratic congressional leader Nancy Pelosi, should set the agenda.
May 14, 2019
Tariffs: The Taxes That Made America Great By Patrick J. Buchanan
As his limo carried him to work at the White House Monday, Larry Kudlow could not have been pleased with the headline in The Washington Post: "Kudlow Contradicts Trump on Tariffs."
May 14, 2019
Ohio the Comeback State By Stephen Moore
I recently took some flak from Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown for saying in a speech at the Heartland Institute several years ago that the "only place to live in the midwest is Chicago." He was particularly upset that I took a tongue-in-cheek swipe at Cleveland and Cincinnati as "armpits." This was supposedly evidence that I hate Ohio.
May 13, 2019
42% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-two percent (42%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending May 9.
May 13, 2019
Voters See More Congressional Gridlock Ahead
Voters continue to say that illegal immigration is the most pressing issue for Congress, but they also still have very little confidence that President Trump and congressional Democrats can get anything done.
May 11, 2019
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 11, 2019
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
May 11, 2019
Death to the Stump Speech By Ted Rall
Throughout 2016, the presidential candidates who were not Donald Trump complained to Jeffrey Zucker.
May 10, 2019
Most Now See Economy As Fair to Those Who Work Hard
With the economy booming, Americans are much more confident that hard work pays off and are worrying a lot less about the level of government dependency in the country.
May 10, 2019
White House Watch: Trump Bests Harris One-on-One
Senator Kamala Harris of California is no threat to President Trump in a new White House Watch hypothetical 2020 matchup.
May 10, 2019
For Joe Biden, on China It's Still the 1990s By Michael Barone
Once upon a time, May 1 -- May Day -- was a day for working-class parades in factory towns. This year, it was a day for Joe Biden, to set off on his third presidential campaign in 32 years, to make news on the stump, not in a working-class venue but in the university town of Iowa City, now the state's Democratic stronghold.
